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@auch faire strnt @fitta CHARLES B. MAEDEL AND JACOB WOLFR'OF CHICAGO-,ILLINOIS ,Lean-i Parmi No. 77,061, dated April 21, 1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN 'SKATBLFASTENIN TO ALL 'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: s

Be'itknown that we, CHARLES BL MAEDEL and JACOB WOLFF, of Chicago, Cook county, Illiuois,-havo invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Skate-Fastenings; and do hereby declare that-the follo'wing is a full, clear, und exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,` andre the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specication.

Figure 1 represents a side vi'ew of the hook as constructed. I

Figure 2, a plan view of the same.

` Figure 3, a view of the eyelet-screw; and' Figure 4, a side elevation of the skate with its fastening, and-the foot ot'l a person attachedto the skate.

In the annexed dra-wings, A represents a metallic bar, which is L-shnped, and has an eyelet-hole at o'ne end, and a shoulder formed (by slightly bending'the bar) at the other. 'B represents an ordinary eyeletlscrew, which is used for connecting the upper end of the har A to the rear-'part of the heel ofthe boot or shoe ofthe skater. D represents the skate-wood., having the usual'fskate-iron C. E represents the heel-call: of theek-ate, and H the heel of the skater. The har Ais attached to the rear part of the skate, one prong of. it' being inserted between the wood and thegskateron, with the heel-ealk E passing up `through its loop', as seen in tig.-1, and the other prong extending up the sideof the heel H, so that when it is necessary to attach the skate, the eyelet-screw is inserted into the heel, as shown, the looppth-ereof being around the bar A, under its shoulder.

y Thus itwill be seen that the bar A is firmlyvattaehed tothe skate, and the rear end of said skate may be easily and quickly secured -to the skater.A A strap, F, secures the-toe of the foot in the'nsual manner.

This mode of fasteningthe skate is cheaper, substantial, and more quickly accomplished than others new known. l l I I-Iaving thus fully described our invention, whatwe claim as new, vand desire te secure by Letters Patent, is The bar A, I -sha-ped, provided with a loop at one end, and having a shoulder' at itsot'her, when connected to the skate by the heel-call; E, and to the boot er shoe-heel by the eyelet-screw B, in the manner substantially V as and for the purposes Aset forth.

CHARLES B. MAEDEL,

JACOB WOLFF. Witnesses:

J. W. MAEDEL, ERNEST J. 'ScnMrnzl 

